Chapter 841

During the conversation, the eighty-seven-year-old Rose actor Gloria Stewart slowly walked backstage with the support of everyone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Well, Maggie, we'll see you at the Vanity Fair party," Eric said with a greeting to Madonna and headed for Gloria Stewart.

Although the awards ceremony has been going on for more than two hours, Gloria Stewart is still in a very good spirit, reaching out from time to time to touch the little golden figure that was held in her hand by Kevin Spacey, the winner of the last year's Best Supporting Actor, smiling and muttering: "Incredible, incredible." ”

As one of the actresses of the Golden Age, Gloria Stewart had already faded out of the circle in the mid-forties, so this was the first time she was nominated for an Oscar and won an award.

Eric walked over, shook the old man's hand and congratulated him, and everyone talked for a while, but the old man did not agree to his daughter's suggestion to go back to rest early, hoping to witness the last moments, and Eric personally helped the old man back into the auditorium.

As soon as he returned to his seat, last year's Best Director winner, Robert Zemeckis, took the stage to introduce the Best Director nominees.

Close-ups of the five Best Director candidates appear on the big screen one by one.

Robert Zemeckis opened the envelope and announced a name that was no longer in suspense at this time: "The Oscars will go to, James Cameron, Titanic." ”

Amid applause and cheers, everyone around the "Titanic" crew stood up excitedly, and Eric followed suit, applauding while looking at Cameron who was hugging everyone in the back row.

Because he was sitting in the middle, when he saw Cameron coming over, Eric just reached over and wanted to give Cameron a high-five celebration, Cameron held Eric's hand, but did not leave, but walked past William Stewart and Drew, who were sitting outside Eric, and forcibly squeezed over.

Amid the laughter of the people around them, William Stewart and Drew hurriedly laughed and stepped into the aisle.

Eric took Cameron's bear hug, slapped him twice on the back, and smiled, "Man, I know you're excited, go up, everyone is waiting for you." ”

"Thank you, Eric, anyway," Cameron said again, letting go of Eric and shaking his fist again before continuing to walk towards the stage.

Eric turned around, the girl had already taken his place, grinned and pointed to his original seat, and said, "You better sit here, I don't want to wait for Jim to step on the gown, it's expensive." ”

Eric had no choice but to sit down next to him, listening to Cameron's rapid acceptance speech, and asked William Stewart next to him, "William, you are definitely going to be on stage later, how do you feel?"

The Oscar for Best Picture can be nominated for up to three places, and the original "Titanic" only nominated Cameron and Jon Landau.

But this time, as one of the important producers, Firefly also reported the name of William Stewart. Although there were many unpleasant incidents during the filming, Cameron did not object to the arrangement of the fireflies.

"I'm excited," William Stewart said, shaking his head again and laughing, "but this experience is enough once, it's so hard to work with Jim." After a pause, William Stewart tentatively said, "Eric, I'd like to help you become a producer." ”

On stage, Cameron thanked Eric again, the camera swept over, Eric smiled and nodded, waited for the camera to leave, and said: "This is a good note, I also hope that someone familiar with CG special effects can help me, you must have accumulated a lot of experience this time." ”

The producer of Eric's films has been Jeffrey himself in the early days. After Jeffrey retired, Jerry Bruckheimer took over the position, and the two had a great time working together on Jurassic Park. It's just that in recent years, Jerry Bruckheimer's energy has become more and more focused on his own film and television companies, although these companies are affiliated with Firefly, he is certainly not able to devote himself to being Eric's producer. After completing Casino Royale with the Brocory siblings, Eric next needed to find a new producer to help him take care of the production.

William Stewart apparently recognized the opportunity, and when Eric said this, he immediately said, "Then it's decided." ”

Eric understood William Stewart's urgency, and smiled and agreed, "Of course, that's it." ”

On stage, Cameron once again shouted the iconic 'I am the king of the world' and left the stage to the applause of everyone.

Subsequently, Al Pacino took the stage to win the Best Picture award, and the result was naturally not surprising.

Cameron, who hurriedly returned to his seat, got up again and walked to the stage with Jon Landau and William Stewart.

So far, the 69th Academy Awards has come to a perfect end, and "Titanic" finally won 13 statuettes, creating an unprecedented award record in the history of the Oscars.

It was already early in the morning on the east coast of the United States, but in Los Angeles on the west coast, it was just nine o'clock in the evening, and it was the beginning of nightlife.

After the show, whether they won the award or not, most of the guests rushed to parties scattered all over Los Angeles.

After several years of development, Condé Nast Group has paid more and more attention to the brand effect brought by the "Vanity Fair" party, and has devoted more and more contacts and resources to attract core Oscar guests to participate. As a win-win cooperation, there are also more and more superstars and celebrities gravitating towards the Vanity Fair party after the Oscars.

Firefly and Condé Nast had already reached a partnership agreement before the Oscars, which would eliminate separate celebration parties and direct all of their crews to "Vanity Fair" parties, in exchange for which Condé Nast's media would need to provide more space resources for the follow-up promotion of Firefly's award-winning film.

Therefore, after the awards ceremony, the main creators of the two crews of "Titanic" and "Red Alert" rushed to the Beverly Hills Arts Center, where the "Vanity Fair" party was held.

Eric takes Drew out of the parking lot, and Peter Ritchie and his team of bodyguards separate the crowd of crazy reporters waiting outside and escort the two of them into the art center.

As soon as he stepped into the hall, Eric saw a middle-aged man with a bald forehead greet him warmly.

"Who is this?" asked the girl, leaning over Eric in confusion.

Peter Ritchie had already followed at this time, whispering in Eric's ear: "Louis Horwitz, the director of this year's awards ceremony. ”

The middle-aged man walked up to him at this time, as if he didn't notice Peter Rich's whisper to Eric, and reached out enthusiastically: "Eric, congratulations, 13 awards, this is simply a miracle." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Horwitz," Eric said, holding out his hand to shake the other man's hand, "and this award ceremony was also very good. ”

"Haha, I'm glad you like it," Louis Horwitz said politely to Eric with a red face, and it wasn't until they entered the party hall that Louis Horwitz said goodbye and left.

The girl looked at the figure of the other party leaving, and said, "What an interesting guy, so excited, as if he also won the award." ”

"He's definitely won," Eric said with a smile, turning to Peter Ritchie, who was following him, "The ratings for this award show should be counted, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Williams," said Peter Rich, "the average viewership from ABC is 51 million, 12 million more than last year. The highest rating data came in the last ten minutes, with 55.5 million. According to this data, the price of this Oscar 30-second ad should be around $950,000, 30% higher than in previous years. Mr. Louis Horwitz, as a director, should be able to get a certain amount of bonuses. ”

After hearing this, Eric smiled and said, "Look, he did win the award." ”

The girl smiled: "Hehe, it is definitely not as valuable as the award we won." ”

With that, Eric remembered something and asked Peter Ritchie, "Madonna should be coming, right?"

Peter Ritchie said, "Miss Siccone should be on the invitation list, do you need me to ask?"

Eric nodded, and said, "If you're sure she'll be over, you can call someone and send me a few Fireflyer samples, I'll use them later." ”

"All right," said Peter Ritchie, and seeing that Eric had no other orders, he hurried away.

The girl turned her head to look at Peter Rich's departing figure, and smiled, "What about the capable guy, Eric, in that case, why do you plan to let him work at FFM?"

Eric took two glasses of wine from the waiter's hand, handed the girl one, and explained, "Just like Alan, these people should be our descendants. ”

Eric had placed his first assistant, Alan Viessman, as a department manager at ABC, and after a few years of training, he had been promoted to vice president of ABC Group.

It was Allen's success that inspired Eric to constantly select elites from his assistant's office, take them with him for a period of time, and then arrange them to work in major companies within the Firefly system according to their individual abilities, so as to build a management team.

Of course, Eric doesn't give these people special care on a cronyistic basis, and unless they can prove their strength, they will still face the fate of being eliminated.

The girl just nodded her head in understanding, and the guests in the party hall greeted her, and she put aside the idea and enthusiastically mingled with Eric in the crowd.

As more and more people rushed to the party, the hall became more and more lively.

The "Titanic" crew, which has almost all the glory tonight, is undoubtedly the most dazzling group of people, and long after the party started, everyone spent it in a series of congratulations and compliments.

It took about an hour before Eric was on his own, and Madonna had just arrived at the party and had come to say hello.

Eric picked up a Fireflyer from Peter Ritchie, who was waiting on the sidelines, and walked over to Madonna, who was chatting with someone in a booth.

Sitting across from Madonna is a Hollywood actor Iric's little familiar, twenty-five or sixteen-year-old, who seems to have appeared in popular teen horror films in recent years.

Eric couldn't call each other's names for a while, but said, "Hey, can you let me talk to Maggie alone?"

Although the young man was a little flirtatious by the queen, when he saw Eric, he immediately came to his senses, and obviously misunderstood something, and said with a little haste in his humility: "Of course, Mr. Williams, I, oh, I'll leave." ”

Madonna looked at the little fresh meat that was about to disappear in a smoke, pouted, and saw Eric sitting down opposite her, and immediately became interested again, and began to tease: "Eric, I was about to start a new romance, and now that you have made it yellow, how are you going to compensate me?"

Eric didn't mean to take the offer, he had no interest in this cold music diva, he just took out the Fireflyer in his pocket and handed it over, saying, "Now, I'll pay you this." ”

Madonna picked up the sky-blue Fireflyer and looked at it a few times, then suddenly laughed and said, "I've seen it, and my agent told me that this little thing could seriously damage the sales of physical records." ”

As she spoke, Madonna glanced at Eric with interest, with a little understanding and teasing in her eyes, as if she wanted to see what Eric would answer.

"In the '70s, when Sony first introduced the VCR, Hollywood had a similar view to what you see now, and Universal Pictures and the Disney Group were in a ten-year lawsuit with Sony for it," Eric said without mind Madonna's implicit refusal, "but now, twenty years later, Hollywood movies have sold more than $13 billion a year, more than double Hollywood's domestic box office figures." It was the rise of the videotape industry that led to the boom that Hollywood is today. ”

With that, Eric pulled another white Fireflyer out of his pocket again and said, "And what we're seeing now is the future of the record industry." ”

"It's interesting," Madonna said, playing with the player in her hand, "Eric, I'm not so easily convinced. ”

"I didn't intend to convince you tonight, I'm just creating an opportunity for everyone. ”

"Oh, what chance?"

"Of course, it's an opportunity to collaborate. (To be continued.) )